Neska is reunited with her owner, Cecilia Pang. Neska was in the Strata apartment building across the street from an apartment construction site engulfed in a five-alarm fire when the heat from the blaze blew out many Strata windows on March 11, 2014. Her barking attracted the attention of firefighters, who rushed up five floors to rescue her.

Neska is reunited with her owner, Cecilia Pang. Neska was in the Strata apartment building across the street from an apartment construction site engulfed in a five-alarm fire when the heat from the blaze blew

A crowd gathers to watch at 4th and Channel streets as fire rages in San Francisco, Calif. on March 11, 2014.

A crowd gathers to watch at 4th and Channel streets as fire rages in San Francisco, Calif. on March 11, 2014.

Photo: Deborah Svoboda, The Chronicle

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A fire rages in San Francisco, Calif. on March 11, 2014.

A fire rages in San Francisco, Calif. on March 11, 2014.

Photo: Deborah Svoboda, The Chronicle

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San Francisco firefighters battle a five alarm fire at a fire in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday March 11, 2014.

San Francisco firefighters battle a five alarm fire at a fire in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday March 11, 2014.

Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle

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San Francisco fire: Amid chaos, firefighters save dogs

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As a five-alarm fire consumed an apartment building under construction in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood, firefighters were able to save more than the nearby buildings.

About six dogs were recovered from around the neighborhood and adjacent evacuated structures and taken to an American Red Cross truck on Third Street.

Volunteers calmed the shaking pups with hand-fed water and kept them sated with peanut butter-and-cheese crackers and multigrain bars.

One dog, a black German shepherd, was rescued from an apartment across the street from the burning building on Fourth Street. Firefighters raced up five flights to the apartment after a window shattered and the dog began barking.